A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

[ nēadwīte] n. inevitable punishment, MF (Vesp. D xiv).

[ nēadwraca] m. avenger by necessity, TC 611²⁹.

[ nēah] I. (e, i) [comp. [nēara], superl. [nīehsta] q.v.] adj. ‘near,’ nigh, close, BH; AO, CP: late.

[II.] adv. ‘near,’ nigh, about, almost, nearly, lately, AO, Bo, G, Lcd, Met, etc.; CP. nēar and nēar nearer and nearer. æt nīehstan next, at length, finally.

[III.] prep. w. d. near, close to: according to, AO.

[ +nēah] I. † sufficiency, abundance.

[II.] pres. 3 sg. of +nugan.

[ nēahbūend] m. neighbour, Rd 26².

[ nēahceaster] f. nearest town, BH 52²⁷ (nēh-).

[ nēahcyrice] f. neighbouring church, GD.